Travel Blogs from Alexandra Headland

Left our little basic campsite after a chat with a girl also driving in a spaceship and headed to the glass house mountains. From the visitors centre decided our best bet on limited time was to view them from Burrumbum. After some of the best/hardest off roading we've done we started on the path up to the lookout. Steep but pretty easy said the guys in the visitors centre....steep???? Almost 45 degrees for most of the path, ...

Well, we have left the Gold Coast and went to Sunshine Coast it was fun......not. It took a really long time because they had closed the freeway because of a big accident. We went through lots of thunderstorms on the way and when we got there it was really raining. Tomorrow we are going to Underwater ...

... We also saw a turkey on the way back and he had on a nice yellow tie. We walked out to the end of the spit, between the beach and river. Peter got his first Australian sunset shot. We had dinner of steak, corn on the cob and green beans, with Jazz FM and ocean waves in the background. We finished the meal with chocolate orange ice cream for dessert. I fell asleep watch some British TV ...

We headed to Australia Zoo today which was only about a 40min drive from Charlene and Keiran's place. And I reckon it was worth every cent we paid to get in. It was such a well thought out and well kept place, definately better than any other zoo we have been to. We started off by following the kids Treasure Hunt which took us to see such animals as the otters, camels, tigers and ...

... mayor! Numerous aircraft flew overhead as the service proceeded. It was quite something to be able to witness it. We met a retired serviceman, Dave-O! Husband of Joff and Teresa's friend Dyan who we have met previously and we headed over to the RSL Club for a drink and to witness the traditional Anzac Day game of 'Two-Up'. We got a couple of beers in (10am) and headed into the yard where the game was due to take place (it is illegal ...